Malta /molˈ or mölˈtə/

Of or relating to the Mediterranean island of Malta

Maltese /-tēzˈ/ adjective

Of Malta, its people or their language

1. A native or inhabitant of Malta (pl Malteseˈ)
2. The official language of Malta, Semitic with a strong Italian infusion

Malta fever noun

Undulant fever, once common in Malta (see also brucellosis)

Maltese cross noun

1. The badge of the knights of Malta, a cross with four equal arms expanding from the centre, usu each with two points
2. (maltese cross) a mechanism providing intermittent frame-by-frame movement in a motion picture film projector (see Geneva movement under Genevan)

Maltese dog noun

A very small spaniel with long silky hair

• woebegone
• woe betide
• woeful
• woefuller
• woefullest
• woefully
• woefulness
• woefulnesses
• woe is me
• woes
• woesome
• woe unto
• woe-wearied
• woe-worn
• woe worth
• woe worth the day
• woful
• wofully
• wofulness
• wofulnesses
• wog
• woggle
• woggles
• wogs
• wo ha ho